WUDC 2012 Update

Round One Motion: THW make fathers take paternity leave.
Round two: THW prevent politicians from making fact claims, that, while not technically lies, are substantially misleading to voters.
Round 3 motion: THW make large companies who leave an area to pay the costs of any resulting structural unemployment
Round 4 motion: TH would require individuals to use all their wealth beyond USD 5 million for philanthropic projects
Round 5: THW require deaf parents to send their children, deaf or hearing, to mainstream schools for their primary & secondary education.
Round 6 motion: TH supports politicians who pass progressive legislation, even where contrary to wishes of the democratic electorate.
Round 7 motion; THS the free movement of labor worldwide.
Round 8 motion: THW exempt academic disputes from defamation law.
Round 9 Motion: THWB all private healthcare in favor of a comprehensive public healthcare system.


World Championship Break
1 Oxford A 23pts
2 Oxford B 23pts
3 Monash C 22pts
4 TCD Hist B 22 pts
5 Sydney A 21pts
6 Yale B 21pts
7 Victoria Wellington A 20pts
8 Stanford A 20 pts
9 Victoria Wellington B 20pts
10 Durham A 20pts
11 UCD L&H A 20pts
12 Auckland A 20pts
13 Nottingham A 20pts
14 Monash A 20pts
15 Sydney C 20pts
16 BPP A 19pts
17 Cambridge A 19pts
18 Sydney B 19pts
19 Harvard A 19pts
20 Melbourne B 19pts
21 Hobart & William Smith A 19pts
22 Oxford D 19pts
23 Alaska A 19pts
24 Birmingham A 19pts
25 TCD Phil A 19pts
26 Durham B 19pts
27 Auckland B 19pts
28 Monash B 18pts
29 Oxford C 18pts
30 Melbourne A 18pts
31 Yale A 18pts
32 University of London Union A 18pts


ESL Competition Break
1 Tel Aviv A
2 Utrecht A
3 Leiden A
4 Ljubljana A
5 Belgrade A
6 Gutenberg Mainz A
7 BDU A
8 UP Manila A
9 IIUM B
10 CUHK A
11 Galatasaray A
12 Malaya A
13 KDU A
14 Lahore Management A
15 Xavier University A
16 IIUM C


EFL Competition Break
1 Uni Indonesia C
2 EHWA A
3 Belgrade C
4 Defense Tech A
5 Zagreb A
6 UCD Venezuela A
7 Tianjin FSU A
8 STAN A


Breaking Judges
Adam Goldstein
Alex Just
Alex Worsnip
Anat Shapira
Anna Moore
Anne Valkering
Art Ward
Bronte Lambert
Bronwyn Cowell
David Maher
Doug Cochran
Emily Zhang
Estelle Sorner
Fletch Williams
Fred Cowell
Gavin Illsley
Cormac Early
Harish Natarajan
Isa Fischer
James Torrence
James Hutauruk
Jens Fisher
Joanna Connely
Joe Roussos
Josh Martin
Julian Bautista
Kamora Kirt
Kurt See
Logandran Balavijendran
Lucinda David
Mary Nugent
Masako Suzuki
Michael Shapira
Natalia Koran
Nick Long
Philip Belesky
Sam Block
Santa Izan
Shota Ido
Sharmila Parmanand
Sam Princeton
Silver
Simone van der Elk
Steven Nolan
Tate
Tim Jeffries
Tim Mooney
Tom Hopkins
Victor Finkel
Will Jones
Zheng Bo

Octo motion: This house would not allow a single media company to own multiply TV channels or Newspapers (whether in print or online)


Open Quarter Motion: THB that “Western” consultants advising dictatorships have a moral duty to sabotage them.

Open Quarter 1 - OG BPP A, OO Stanford A, CG Birmingham A, CO Oxford A
Open Quarter 2 - OG Oxford B, OO Sydney B, CG Vic Wellington, CO Durham A
Open Quarter 3 - OG Harvard A, OO Monash C, CG Auckland B, CO UCD L&H A
Open Quarter 4 - OG Sydney A, OO Oxford C, CG Nottingham A, CO Monash B

From #open #QF1 going through to the semis are: STANFORD A OXFORD A
From #open #QF2 going through to the semis are: OXFORD B SYDNEY B (3-2)
From #open #QF3 going through to the semis are: MONASH C UCD L&H A
From #open #QF4 going through to the semis are: MONASH B OXFORD C

EFL Semi Motion: THB that when doctors discover that a patient has a sexually transmitted disease they should reveal that information to the patients partner.


ESL Semi Motion: In countries with few female politicians, this house believes it is good to have a politically active ‘first lady’


ESL Semi 1 OG Belgrade A, OO Tel Aviv, CG Ljubjana A, CO IIUM B
ESL Semi 2 OG BDU B, OO Leiden A, CG Galatasary A, CO Utrecht


Masters Finalists: Australia A, TJ and Bronwyn, Australia B, Victor and Kristen, USA B, Josh and ? and USA A, Adam and Balthazar

EFL Finalist: Defence Technology A, Zagreb A, Ihwa A (Phonetically, sorry), Belgrade C

ESL Finalists: IIUM B, Tel Aviv A, BDU B and Leiden A